The Mexican Earthquake

California’s unique geography as a state makes it a very appealing place to call home. From the odd east to west transverse San Gabriel mountain ranges of the Los Angeles Basin, to the bumpy coastal ranges of the Bay Area, any person can find a compatible topographic terrain to their liking. California may seem to be the perfect place to live with its ideal climate and extensive geographic features. However, due to California’s location over the shifting continental plates, coupled with its enormous and also multiple faults, at any time this great state can fall victim to a seismic disaster. After examining evidence from both Rong-Gong Lin’s II Los Angeles Times article of April 18, 2016 and the NOVA videos Killer Quake ( 2006), Earthquake (2007), as well as Geologic Journey II – Episode 3 (The Pacific Rim: Americas) – Part 3 (San Francisco) and The Great San Francisco Earthquake (American Experience ~ 2005), one can take a comparative account of the three major earthquakes of California’s past. Although each earthquake was very devastating on is own; the Great Quake 0f 1906, the Loma Prieta quake of 1989, and the NorthRidge quake of 1994 each amounted to an extensive forfeiture of property and life. Each of these earthquakes created much suffering and loss. It is imperative for each citizen of this great state to understand the damage that a California quake can actually do and be prepared; for the threat of one always looms.

George Heinrich Crist, a resident of Kentucky, was settled with his family in a well-built house when the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811 came across their path, unlike a storm this “thing” had no warnings. He chose to share his account of this quake, or quakes. This was part of his life and also a part of history in the making so that is why I believe he shared his personal essay. It’s not an argumentative account but rather short entries from 5 months from his life. Kentucky wasn’t the only state that was hurt, 6 other states were involved. The term “New Madrid Earthquake” refers to portions of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. This was the biggest earthquake (series of earthquakes) as it changed the course of the Mississippi river.

On April 18, 1906 at 5:12 a.m. an earthquake of an estimated moment magnitude of 7.8 hit

Despite the damage done by the earthquake, the people's biggest enemy was that of the government. The government of Mexico at the time was run by the (PRI) or Institutional Revolutionary Party, unfortunately for its citizens however this party was not interested in picking up the pieces of the community or helping rebuild. Instead they were focused on advancing their own means, this became clear when the military was authorized to help “Friends” of the party and ignore those who might be seen as dissidents. When one hears the term party friends images of the Soviet Union or China come to mind, however while not as dramatic as the Soviets that is indeed what was happening in Mexico at the time. With the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s reputation still stained from the events of the Tlatelolco massacre, the government's failure to assist its people with even the most basic forms of aid did not bode well for the parties

The devastating 2010 earthquake left Haiti in ruins. This meant Haiti would mostly rely on foreign aids to stand back to its feet. Most didn’t hesitate to come in to assist mostly the USA and other foreign aids which donated over $5 billion to help Haiti. However, so many questions have been raised on to how well these funds were used. This report includes facts to show how the funds were voluntarily misappropriated by a number of players including the foreign aids (both domestic and foreign), NGOs as well as the administration. This report also gives a summary of the election that happened the same year. This serves to demonstrate how the election was full of malpractices and fraud. The leaders elected especially the president and his government were not good enough in leading the nation to stability.

On October 17, 1989, two tectonic plates--the North American and the Pacific--slid against each other on the San Andreas Fault. The result was California having a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area, also known as the Loma Prieta earthquake. The destruction was costly, with damages adding up to about $6 billion, but more so were the lives lost. The casualty rate of this earthquake was 63 people and over 3,800 injured. The count could have been a lot worse, however, had it not been for the baseball game at San Francisco's Candlestick Park between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics going on at the time of the natural disaster. Now referred to as the "Earthquake Series," the third game of the 1989 World Series collided

One of the most greatest appearing earthquake in San Francisco in the year of 1906. It was approximately 7.8 earthquake. The earthquake had hit buildings, schools, streets and houses. Killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands. This earthquake began at an opera house and ended up all throughout the streets in San Francisco. The Great San Francisco Earthquake may be studied by examining the earthquake, the spread of fire, and the aftermath of the worst natural disasters.

The Chiapas Earthquake, otherwise known as the Southern Mexico earthquake, had catastrophic results on Mexico as a whole. The disaster struck off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico 11:49 on Thursday, September 7, 2017. The magnitude, a whopping 8.2 m, marked this earthquake as the largest Mexico has seen since 1976, shocking and surprising Mexico’s citizens. The tremors from this disaster was felt all the way in Mexico City, nearly 600 miles away, and the aftershocks continued all through Friday, leaving victims on edge and terrified.

My group and I believe that the safest place in America is Las Vegas, New Mexico that is. New Mexico is one of the few states with few to no common natural disasters. We believe this because the only natural disaster in New Mexico is thunderstorms. Thunderstorms occur almost anywhere, they are made by updrafts which is made with warm air rising. Las Vegas is free of hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquake and only has one natural disaster that is common, thunderstorms.

I just recall that moment and I think that everything was fine we all were happy together but that one minute of earthquake turn into the worst earthquake in the history of America. Almost everyone lost their beloved ones. But we all have to move on and after that San Francisco recover itself very quickly and now it is one of the most developed state of

The San Francisco Earthquake was one of the most devastating earthquakes that ever took place. On April 18, 1906 at approximately 5:13 a.m, unexpected shaking occured. What was taking place was deeper than imagination, and thousands of people wouldn’t allow their brain to believe the disaster that was in motion. The earthquake was so widely spreaded, even other cities were affected.

(May 22, 1960, Valdivia, Chile, Magnitude 9.2) The largest earthquake ever recorded was in Chile in 1960 and it was recorded at a magnitude 9.2. It’s said that 1,655 people were found dead and over 3,000 were injured. Two million citizens were left homeless after this natural disaster. ( March 27, 1964, Prince William sound,Alaska,Magnitude 9.2) The Gulf of Alaska was devastated by the Prince William Sound earthquake that of the 131 people killed during the earthquake, 119 died in the tsunami. Most were killed by the tsunamis triggered by underwater landslides, not by the earthquake-induced tsunami. (December 26, 2004, Northern Sumatra Indian) The giant earthquake of 2004 in Sumatra ruptured the longest fault length that has ever been recorded

Thirty-two years after the huge earthquake in Mexico in 1985, Mexico is hit by one of it's worst earthquakes ever. The worst of the quake hit Mexico City. Articles say that 228 people were killed and many people want to help with donations and disaster relief, but some ask questions about the corruption that most likely led to the deaths of so many people. "The earthquake struck in a year of mounting scandals, including the arrest of three former state governors from the ruling Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) on charges of corruption and allegations that a senior government official took bribes from Odebrecht, the Brazilian construction company"(1) according to Financial Times. Many people believe that the integrity of many of the collapsed

In 2015, Chile suffered an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3 quakes, which also caused a tsunami letting less than 525 dead people. Hitting ports, leaving shipping containers and fishing vessels in the downtown area are just some examples of the repercussions of this massive catastrophe. As expected, many damaged infrastructures stayed useless after this incident, leaving a big amount of the population without shelter, work, clean water and food. As a matter of fact, the flood reached certain areas of vital importance for human living. Public services, such as electricity, water, and communication were dismantled due to the impact of the tsunami. At the same time, due to the fact that this was a recent event, the government had to deal with

I was eleven years old when it happened. My family and I lived in Mexico City and like always we ended the day after dinner as everyone retired to bed. I was woken up at around 7:30 in the morning to the noise from all around the neighborhood. Everyone in the house was screaming for help. I remember my mom frantically running to my room to rescue me. In a second, the house I called home was now bending like a tree that had been made unstable by heavy rain. It was cold, and I did not have warm clothing on but we had to stand and watch from outside. I was terrified when I heard screams from the neighbor’s house. Her house had sunken completely leaving her two children that were younger than